So I found out the other day that my parents plan on selling the house and move into something smaller.  That means that I have a bunch of stuff to pack, and a bunch of stuff to get rid of.  I used to work at a Gamestop where I was able to get WoWTCG cards for really cheap, and I bought in hopes of selling some loot cards from them.  So after selling the loot cards, I'm left with a bunch or cards.  I'd rather sell them to someone in guild first before I try to ebay them.  I have no idea the actual value of these cards, but I can tell you approximately what was bought.  5 starter sets which consisted of a 30ish card preconstructed deck with 2 booster packs.  3 are Heroes of Azeroth, 1 is March of the Legion, 1 is Through the Dark Portal.  I also bought the Christmas set which featured a couple of boosters plus exclusive christmas cards.  I also perchased various booster packs, and I honestly can't say from what set they come from, or how many.  I'm not looking for much here.  If anyone is interested, feel free to send me a message through the site or contact me in game. 

So it comes that time that every man needs a new friend. When I was 5 years old, my family got a German Shepard and he passed away 13 years later. Now four years after that my parents are thinking about getting a new dog. Our last dog was so obedient and loyal my dad never wanted another dog for awhile. Before my life, my dad has an Australian Shepard but he was really aggressive with strangers.

Now we have it down to three choices as even my mom wants a new dog now. My dad works evenings and my mom is home by herself most nights so we are after a large breed to watch the house. I will be moving out within a year, so it has to be a dog that doesn't need 24/7 attention. It will get groomed often and daily walks/jogs.

German Shepard - Our last German Shepard was amazing to the point where even other people say he is the coolest dog ever. http://www.akc.org/breeds/german_shepherd_dog/

Labrador - My grade school best friend had a black lab, and they are just the friendliest dogs. They are also ranked as the easiest dog to train. Plus they come in choice of color (yellow please) http://www.akc.org/breeds/labrador_retriever/

Boxer - My dad wants a boxer for some reason. I think they're ugly dog, by they are also rated as being smart (not as smart as the last two though). Problem is, they can be stubborn sometimes and hard to train. http://www.akc.org/breeds/boxer/index.cfm

Let me know what you guys think. Of course a lot of it will probably depend on who knows someone that is breeding. My brother's neighbor just had Boxer puppies so that is the top choice right now. My other brother has a 8 month old German Shepard so I'd rather not want a German Shepard. Myself, I'm leaning toward a Yellow Lab so I can take him to the lake, though the other 2 are also great swimmers, Labs are known for being swimmers.

Jamaican Sunset

Here's the sunset from our hotel window.. It came out pretty good, considering my camera was soaked since I left it in wet swim stuff.

Beach right before it rained..: Here's the beach right before it rained... That beach goes on for miles.

This is the beach in Negril, JA right before it rained. It rained every day for 15 minutes. That beach goes on for miles and parts of it are nude areas.. Unfortunately, none of the nudies were ones you'd want to see!!

Crab that attacked me..: This is the crab that attacked me while I was stupid drunk.

This is the crab that attacked me.. My girlfriend thought she was funny and tried to hide on me, jump out and scare me. So I sarcastically (and drunkenly) pretended to be scared, until I almost stepped on this guy here.. This dude tried to grab one of my toes. I offered him some red stripe later on, but he kept running away :(

omg girl: She wanted to take a picture in front of fruit because we're like that.. ya

She was obsessed with the fruit.. So we took a picture in front of it.. cuz we're like that.

There's more on my facebook if you'd like to see more.

I've been considering this off and on for weeks now, and I have been wondering how exactly I would write it when it came. So I guess the best thing to do is to "Tell ya what I'm gonna tell ya".

As I'm sure many people know or have been expecting, I am now officially retiring my paladin as a main. I realize this means that I sacrifice my raid spot on my paladin as well as a multitude of other things. I do plan on changing to my warrior as a main for those who see me on said warrior all the time this should not come as very much of a change.

Now I suppose some reasoning is in order for this, although it will occur in no particular order:

#1. It is no longer fun for me to play this toon. I logged in to help AFK with their raid tonight, and I just felt lathargic. There was nothing really I wanted to do persay, no drive or motivation. It felt like I was back in a grind, and not for the people, with whom I enjoy raiding greatly, but simply because of the toon.

#2. The nerf to damage. This is a class that I have played since December of '05 in some way or another, nearly all that time spent as ret. I remember the days of Vanilla when "dps" consisted of Seal of Command and white attacks to Current day with Exorcism, Consecrate, Crusader Strike, Divine Storm and Judgement. However in an effort to balance pvp, I have been watching our pve continuously take hits like an old boxer backed into a corner.

In this most recent patch, although we should have a minor dps increase on patchwerk like mobs of standing still, we are going to suffer a huge nerf when it comes to AoE fights (Freya, Razorscale, Kologarn, Auriaya, Thorim) and fights that require quick burndown or time off target (XT Heart, Hodir, Mimiron, Possible General).

I believe I have already reached a point where my warrior can keep pace dps wise as arms, and I am still learning new things (and getting new gear) every day in order to perfect arms. When I am high on rage, I have ways to burn it for more dps, paladins have no way to do this as ret.

#3. It is just no longer fun to play this toon. As I said, I feel lathargic when I play my paladin, wondering what I am going to do. It has reached the point where I dread logging into my paladin, and when I raid all I can think of is the time left until I can get back onto my warrior just because it is no longer fun.

There is plenty more that I can go into here if I wanted but I think I have gone on enough. So with that, I retire my class of 3.5 years to alt status, picking up holy as an offspec to replace my old pvp spec. We will see where this new road I am on takes me, but the road to warrior is a very interesting and interactive one.

With That,

Warrior LFG. Arms, Fury, Prot or PvP PST

P.S. I still will be available to help people with any ret or paladin questions they have.

I will be gone for Blizzcon August 20th-23rd, meaning I will not make Lava Crab Thursday and Sunday and Kitten Brigade on Friday.  I may however be back ontime for Lava Crab Sunday afternoon, we will see.